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Long Hours Pay Off for Club Pro Brian Gaffney at PGA

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — He's the last club pro standing at the PGA Championship.

The guys who play with Brian Gaffney back home aren't surprised.

Less than a week after setting the course record with a 63 back at Quaker Ridge near New York City, Gaffney is making his mark in the big time.

He finished the second round at Whistling Straits at even-par 144 and is a near-sure bet to make the cut at the PGA for the first time in four tries.

"He flew out there with a great mindset after firing birdie after birdie," Bill Mack, the golf committee chair at Quaker Ridge, said in a phone interview Friday night.